Memoir of an Integration Baby: On the Road to Tomorrow

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Date/Time:Monday, 30 Jan 2012 at 7:00 pm
Location:Sun Room, Memorial Union
Cost:Free
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Phone:515-294-9934
Channel:Lecture Series
Categories:Diversity Lectures
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Mark Morrison-Reed is the author of In Between: Memoir of an Integration Baby. In this frank and personal account of growing up black during the era of the civil rights movement, he wrestles with racism, the death of Martin Luther King, black radicalism, his interracial family, and serving as one of the first black Unitarian Universalist ministers. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Series

In his presentation, Mark Morrison-Reed will explore the nature of racism and how it touches all Americans. He and his wife, Donna, have served as co-ministers for twenty-six years, first in Rochester, New York, then in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His graduate thesis, Black Pioneers in a White Denomination is required reading for those preparing to enter the Unitarian Universalist ministry. Mark Morrison-Reed earned his M.A. from the University of Chicago and D.Min from Meadville Lombard Lombard Theological School.